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Page 2 Heppner Gazette Times, Thundery, Moy 11, 1 954 HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES MORROW COUNTY'S NEWSPAPER The Heppner Gazelle established March 30. 1SS3. The Heppner Times, November IS, 1S!)7. Consolidated February l.r, 1012 established NIWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION KOBEKT I'ENLAUD Editor and Publisher GRETCHEN PENLAND Associate Publisher NATIONAL EDITORIAL lASSOCfATLdN Published Every Thursday and Entered at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon, as Second Class Matter Subscription Rates: Morrow and Grant Counties, $3.00 Year; Elsewhere $4.00 Year. Single Copy 10 cents. Portland Sets the Pace An election always turns up some unusual, and unexpected results, and last Friday's primary was no exception, but we believe the voters of the city of Portland probably set a record when they gave very decisive approval to every bond issue mea sure presented to them. Their action was just the opposite of the general trend throughout the state. Their approval of bond issues for the con struction of a new Wilaniette river bridge, a new zoo, a new sports and convention center and har bor improvements probably astounded the rest of the state's residents more than any other phase of the voting in fact we wouldn't be too sur prised if it might not have even shocked the Port land residents a little. It was conceivable that one or two of the measures could have passed, but hardly the whole program. A betting man could have made money on that vote. At first look, some persons might be inclined" to look askance at the more than $."10,000,000 that the voters of Portland decided to spend and, that's quite a chunk of money even if we are ac customed to federal budget figures well up in the billions, but to us, it seems as though Portland, by its vote, took a great big step in graduating from the classification of a "town" to a "city", some thing that can't be done for nothing. The $30,000,000 that Portland will spend (a part of which wili be repaid through rentals and charges, and much of the rest through increased business) will launch one of the biggest building booms ever seen in Oregon's metropolis and one which could very possibly lead the rest of the state out of its so-called slump or "recession" and put its people back in the right frame of mind. The public program, however, is only a part of the building spurt in Portland, for almost simul taneously with the announcement of the election results came the story that a $20,000,000 shopping center is to be built in the city. This, added to the $10,000,000 to $1:5,000,000 that seemingly is as sured for a new hotel, will bring the total building construction program in the city during the next year or two, in just six projects, to between $G0, 000,000 and $(35,000,000. "That ain't hay" in any city Portland's size or even twice as big. It wouldn't be correct to say that Portland's vote started the ball rolling on all the projects for both the private investments were past the plan ning stage before the election, but the people's decisions last Friday certainly did nothing to discourage private investors from continuing their developments and, ultimately, adding to them. We look for many more big developments to fol low within a short time. Portland has set the pace for Oregon, as logi cally it should being the state's business and industrial center, in lifting itself by its own boot straps. It is to be hoped that the rest of the state's cities and towns will pattern their policies after Portland's. From The County Agent's Office By N. C. Anderson Alfalfa grass silage is gaining a little more attention m Morrow county. Last week we told of Delbert Ernert and his plans for a trench sila to utilize his grassy alfalfa, as ensilage. The silo, l unijMt it iy i iiiinm-u um i"11 1 v ! allalta filled is the ideal for anyone who would like to get plans for one for their ranch. It is approximately 20() feet long, 30 feet wide and 12 feet deep. He is field chopping his field out of the windrow di rectly behind a mower and side delivery rake. The ensilage is hauled in to the tench with two dump trucks and packed and leveled with a dozer. This is more equipment than the average farm uses however a lot of en silage can be put up in a dayj Willi only part of this equipment.' On Tuesday, Orville Cutsforth began construction of a 21 x SO foot trench silo at the John !raves' ranch in Sandhollow. lie will fill! it with long hay and will self feed I it this winter. One of the main i advantages of putting alfalfa' profitable one for everyone at tending'. Stops will be made at conservation practices designed to be of interest to all types of farming in the county. The tour begins at 9:30 a. m. at Ihe fair grounds in Heppner where school busses will be loaded to trans port the persons attending the lour. Five ranches will be visited TO THE EDITOR grass up as ensilage is that re gardless of showers or the wea I her, it can be cut and stored any, during the morning and five dur- day or night of the week. It also'"1 Ule a"ernoon makes good feed. Oregon State l College Lunch will be served at the Oddfellows hall in t ,,..:., .... L TI reports that putting upl f'""' UII, ,J ul ,mL , "VVV as silage is one of theim'r Mom,w Coun,y Chamber of fastest and most economical! rco. see a news article in methods of storing alfalfa and;l,us I,al"'r nr a morP mplete that it makes the best winter feed 'cndiI of tnp tour' With summer not too far away, might lie timely to point out possible. Field cured hay in the experiments was cheaper to pre pare but was considerably lower in protein and vitamin content. A five year study found a 21 ('s' a,lfl fjfton most neglected nu loss in total adjustable nutrients tri('nt required by farm animals, when alfalfa was field cured inWal(r is ttiy most important nu good warm weather or barn! triont as it transports other nutri coreil. Nutrient losw in si hire fts M'"1 through the body and aids 15','. in terms of efficient produc-! ;md maintains the shape of body Hon. cows on silage Had to eat about .V;, less feed than the ani- To the Editor: I read with interest the account in the Gazette Times in regards to the formation of a Pioneers' Society in Morrow County. The article Immediately brought to my mind of the old Pioneers' Re union held annually in Lexing ton for many years during the twenties and th rties. It was a very popular affair and it at tracted people by the hundreds who came many miles to pay their respects to the rapidly de pleting ranks of pioneers who settled Morrow County. Finally the reunion had to be abandoned because practically all of the pioneers were dead and gone. Now it looks like another at tempt to start a new Pioneers' Reunion, but where are you going to get the pioneers? A list of names published in the paper of people who have lived around Morrow County for sometime does not do justice to what is pro posed. I did recognize some names of long time residents, but many names were listed of people who came to the county in the very late years. Surely you cannot class them as pioneers. Many of that list weren't even sons or daughters of pioneers. In some- ones haste to get a list of names they overlooked many residents who came here in the eighties. Morrow county pioneers should be classed as those people who actually settled Morrow County. The first pioneer was John Jor dan, who settled near the forks of Willow and Rhea Creeks in 1859. The honest to goodness real pioneers were all here during the next thirty year period. They were the ones who bore the hard ships and paved the way for the later ones who moved onto the already established places. After the railroad was completed in 1888, many new faces were seen around Morrow County, and they are referred to as "railroad pio neers." A pioneer is one who paves the way for others to follow. They es tablish the beach head. I will concede that it is fitting and proper to include those later ar rivals who helpel to establish this county, but a line must be drawn somewhere, because you cannot call the present army of occupation pioneers. A most fitting organization and That's A Fact also aids in the control ma Is on field or-harn cured hay Plans have now been completed lor the annual conservation and better farming methods tour which will be held on Tuesday. June 1st. The day should be a 1 'OAUfcl Er7cfiV May 31... . GREATER SAVINGS . . . ADDITIONAL TRAVEL ADVAN TAGES . . . with Union Pacific's better than ever FAMILY TRAVEL PLAN. Did pays ont full fart eidicr one-way or round-trip. Mom nd children 12 years old and under 22 travel for half-fart. Children i to 12 ride for of the half-fart or fare. Children under 5 ride I R1 IT! Remember: transportation tax has also been reduced ONE-THIRD on all fares. The family begin their trip together on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday. On round-trips the family as group may return on njr day. Dad, if he desires, may return independently. Liberal stop-over privileges . . generous baggag allowance. For extra travel advantages . ; . extra savings . . . and no extra fares . . . travel hv Union Pacific's FAMILY TRAVEL PLAS: LOCAL AGENT UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD 10 AO Ot THt DAIIT tntMUMM cells. H of liodv temperature. It is not uncommon for ranchers to go to great expense to provide good feeds I hen ignore proper watering which is essential for economical use or t nose leeus. Make sure an inadequate use of water is not costing you money with the loss of extra gain in ninutilized feeds. that just plain water, the cheap- onp wun a chance of survival wouio oe me njrmauon ot a group called the "Sons and Daughters of the Pioneers". A deadline as to what constitutes a pioneer must;be placed some where if we are to properly honor, and not insult, the memory of those brave people who actually settled this county. It would be necessary to separate the pio neers from the late comers who purchased the already established homesteads and timber cultures. I don't think anyone who came to this county after 1900 is a pio neer at all. Morrow County gained considerable population from 1863 to 1890. The most im portant events involving the for mation of this county took place within those years, and I would place 1890 as the deadline. The newspaper stated the list was not complete; it should also have stated it was not accurate. I would like to see definite steps taken now to properly honor the memory of the real pioneers and p. PtrA3 FAME WHEM SHE rttV3 A FE5CE ATTACK IN ,g 2, AND HE-PE3 SAVE THE INFANT SMUC. TODAY YOU CAN DO YOUR VZ9 US. SAVINGS BONDS- ww "CLr Arrangements have been made during the past week to secure several colonies of goatweed beetles for the control of St. John swort, Goatweed, or Klamath weed which ever you wish to call it. There will be realized in the Hinton-Buttercreck area on goat weed infestations there. Anyone who is particularly interested in securing these beetles would do well to contact the county agents office to see what arrangements might he made on their ranch. Last Wednesday, and Hill Hirtiek, Oregon State College. Dave Haver, Pendleton branch Kxperiment station, spent the day in Morrow county observ ing weed control plots and con trol peiemiial noxious weeds by the county weed sprayer. In ob serving the weed control plots, at the Henry Baker and Kenneth Peek farms, put on in early April for comparison of 10 different chemicals and rates of applica tions, showed some interesting results, (if all the materials used it was found that oisopropyle es ter 2.4 D at the rate of one and in putting some a half pounds of acid per acre was I most effective. This Is the form Rex Warren ! of 2,1 D, the one and a half pound implication was definitely better howemer, there may be a point in between these two that would be just as effective. It appeared 'is though three pints or 1.25 pounds would be effective on tar- weed. In looking over the paren nial noxious weed control pro gram being carried out for the county, excellent results were found in most of the 1953 spray ing. These men were very sur prised at the high percentage kill of Russian knapweed especially There will be MONEY WAITING for YOU! vt When dark clouds appear over your farm, it's a Rreat feel ing to know there will be mon ey waiting for you if your crops are damaged or destroyed by hail ..... money vou w ill get from your Hail Insurance Tolicy. This year, of all years, vou neeJ Hail Insurance Produc tion costs are high. Prices will b tood. You have more at stake than ever before. Buy Hail Insurance for complete protection and peace ot mind. See or call us today for full details There is no cost or ob ligation. Act Today to Save Tomorrow! Turner, Van MarterCr Bryant INSURANCE - REAL ESTATE BONDS PHONE 6-9653 HEPPNER mm . xiL..rryr--q-. ? country as u&i as 1 Ifca. -T i a UO 'ri THE AMERICAN FARMER PRODUCES MORE THAN AW OTHE? FARMER IN THE WOULD' A MACH'MERV REPLACEMENT Pl'ND OF BT"R-THAN-ElER US SAVINGS BONDS MEANS HE CAM REPLACE 0R out machinerv MEN ff 15 Aff-thus tffPAtt UK CiSU iluiur a.. -vnmH rKVDUQTIVf HOW IT BEGAN OHIO 6 AJ MEASG'GW" YOU CAN BEGIN 0'JR SON? SAMV0S PR0C-R-AU WITH A S3 75 iMVESTMENT.' to pay respects to the small hand- J ful of those surviving. The nextj generation might torm a pioneer group which will include any one over 21 years of age and who has resided in the county at least 15 years. Morrow County needs, but does not have, a Pioneer Museum. Many old relics are lost and de stroyed each year for want of a place to keep them and for want of an organization that could prevent the loss of these valuable i articles. But if we are forgetting : who the pioneers were, we I shouldn't be concerned with their possessions they left behind. i Very truly yours, sam McMillan was apparent that his publicity was frozen while Patterson's 'was page-one-column-one.'. Onlyjive of Oregon's 115 newspapers fa vored Kewbry. ' PINCH HITTER UNANDER Now Sig Unander can have a vacation. For the past year, as treasurer, he has been doing tri ple duty as the third member of the State Board of Control while the other two members, Gov. Pat. terson and Secretary of State Newbry, were campaigning for the Republican nomination for governor. Remember? The late pianis simo campaign started long be fore the deadline for filing by candidates. Since that far-off day Sig Unander has been rolling with the punches from pressure packers who felt they should be honored by a full board meeting. They are the characters who are cocktailing the big idea of having a lieutenant governor to act for the governor at the Capitol while he is staring at Chamber of Com merce parties. VET BOND INTEREST UP There was an increase in the rate the State Veterans' Depart ment must pay for 10 million dollars worth of bonds sold Thursday to New York financeres. The low bid offered an effective interest rate of 2,757 per cent which is .297 per cent more than the rate on bonds sold last Feb ruary, There were seven bidders Thursday. The bonds which now have reached a total of 53 million dollars are to finance home and farm loans to veterans. EXPERIENCE AVAILABLE The membership of the 1955 session of the Oregon Legislature may he the most experienced the state has had. The 14 holdover members have a combined legis lative experience of GS years. Eight of the candidates nominat ed for Senate seats Friday have Continued on page 7 THE NEWSPAPERS HAVE IT Governor Patterson's two to one win over Secretary of Slate Earl T. Newbry for the Republi can nomination for governor end ed Friday just as it started a year ago Patterson away out front. .Newbry 's campaign never got out of the gate. Early in February it MY THANKS I wont to thank the voters of our county who so graci ously voted for me in the re cent election. I appreciate this splen did vote of confidence. OSCAR PETERSON Standard plans ahead for tomorrow's Pacific Northwest Pacific Northwestgrowth by 1960 should bring the population of Washington, Oregon, and Id;iho up to 6y2 million, with car registra tions reaching 2'2 million and total annual income soaring to $9 billion. New techniques in fishing and logging, new mines, factories and farms these are keys to a better future for you. What will Standard's role be in these developments? w , ' ti r ' i n i - Working with vnn fni- a j WH , v, , a better Pacific Northwest In Washington, Oregon. Idaho: 2,923 Standard employ, $ 14,095,835 annual payroll 4.810 IVific ()rtlnv,.t slum-holders $81,620,424 investment i reiuu-ry and dnt .ihutn.n f.i $5,000,000 for purchases from 1100 I.K'al businesses in this region last year 2,357 ind.-iH-ndenl businessmen who support themselves and their ti..",-IO employees by 'lling Standard products ' in plant. Standard has a big stake in the future Pacific Northwest. It dates back to the 1880's when -Standard's horse-drawn wagons brought kero sene, axle grease, and harness oil to the pioneer settlers. As the region grew, oil was needed more and more; and to meet these needs, standard built pipe lines, tankers, asphalt refin-"-'es. storage tanks, and distribution plants. "day, these facilities bring you the finest Petroleum products. . .and provide the basis for htandards service to you in the future. STANDARD OIL COMpauv r. . . wiMPflNY OF C ALI FA dm i a
